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Bayern Munich
2019–20 FC Bayern Munich (basketball) season
Bayern Munich logo
LeaguesBasketball Bundesliga
EuroLeague
Founded1946; 78 years ago (1946)
HistoryFC Bayern Munich Basketball
(1946–present)
ArenaAudi Dome
Capacity6,700
LocationMunich, Germany
Team colorsRed, white, navy
     
PresidentHerbert Hainer
Head coachOliver Kostić
Team captainDanilo Barthel
OwnershipFC Bayern Munich
Championships5 German Championships
2 German Cups
Retired numbers2 (6, 24)
Websitefcb-basketball.de
Active departments of
FC Bayern Munich
Football
(men's)		Football II
(men's)		Football JT
(men's)
Football
(women's)		Football
(seniors)		Football
(AllStars)
HandballChessBowling
Table tennisRefereesBasketball
Closed departments of
FC Bayern Munich
BaseballIce hockeyGymnastics

FC Bayern München Basketball GmbH, commonly referred to as Bayern Munich, is a professional basketball club, a part of the FC Bayern Munich sports club, based in Munich, Germany. The club competes domestically in the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) and internationally in the EuroLeague.

The team plays its home games at Audi Dome, which was opened in 1972.

FC Bayern Munich Basketball also has a reserve team that plays in German third-tier level ProB.

History

Bayern Munich has a long basketball tradition. Besides its most successful years in the 1950s and 1960s (German Championships in 1954, 1955, and German Cup in 1968), the club enjoyed remarkable popularity in 1956, when it even drew 40,000 fans to an open-air test game against Lancia Bolzano, once a top basketball club from Italy. Later, in 1966, the club was a founding member of the Basketball Bundesliga.[1]

In the following years, the club slowly, but surely, faded into obscurity, and in 1974, was even relegated to the German 2nd Division. For a long time after that, the club never completely recovered, and only had a few successful years (Bayern moved up to the Basketball Bundesliga in 1987, and stayed there until 1989).[1]

In 2008, the declared goal of the team was to return to the club's former glory, and return to the top German League, which it eventually did. In the near future, the club seeks to become a major force in European basketball, so that Bayern Munich will not only be well known for its football (soccer) operations, but also for its basketball operations as well.[2] In the 2012–13 season the club reached the semifinals, where it lost 3–2 against the reigning champions Brose Baskets.

Thanks to a wild card,[3] Bayern Munich played in the EuroLeague in the 2013–14 season. This was its first appearance in the top European championship, and it reached the Top 16 stage. On 18 June 2014, Bayern won its third national title when it beat Alba Berlin 3–1 in the Finals. It was the first title for the team since 1955; 59 years before. Star player of the team was Malcolm Delaney, who won both the MVP and Finals MVP.

In the 2014–15 season, Bayern failed to win a title. In the BBL Finals they were defeated by Brose Baskets, 3–2. The team had to wait until 2018 for its next championship, as they beat Alba Berlin 3–2 in the Finals that year. By winning the BBL, Bayern also qualified for the following EuroLeague season.

Home arena

A Bayern Munich home game inside the Audi Dome.
Main article: Audi Dome

The team's home arena is called Audi Dome, which seats 6,700 spectators.

Players

See also: Category:FC Bayern Munich basketball players

Retired numbers

FC Bayern Munich retired numbers
No Nat. Player Position Tenure
6 Germany Steffen Hamann PG 2010–2014
24 Germany Demond Greene SG 2010–2014

Current roster

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Depth chart

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Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

Criteria

To appear in this section a player must have either:

  • Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club
  • Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time
  • Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Head coaches

See also: Category:FC Bayern Munich basketball coaches

Honours

Domestic competitions

Winners (5): 1953–54, 1954–55, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19
Runners-up (1): 2014–15
Winners (2): 1968, 2018
Runners-up (2): 2016, 2017
Runners-up (1): 2014
Winners (1): 2010–11

European competitions

Worldwide competitions

Winners (1): 2019

Other competitions

  • Riva del Garda, Italy Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2018
  • Iserlohn, Germany Invitational Game
Winners (1): 2018
  • Munich, Germany Invitational Game
Winners (2): 2017, 2019
  • Zadar Basketball Tournament
Third Place (1): 2017

Individual awards

BBL Most Valuable Player

BBL Finals MVP

BBL Best German Young Player

All-BBL First Team

All-BBL Second Team

BBL Most Effective Player

ProA Young Player of the Year

50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors
Nominated:

EuroLeague MVP of the Round

All-EuroCup First Team

All-EuroCup Second Team

EuroCup Basketball MVP of the Week

NBA G League International Challenge Finals MVP

NBA Draft Pick

Season by season

Season Tier League Pos. German Cup European competitions
2008–09 2 ProA 8th
2009–10 2 ProA 8th
2010–11 2 ProA 1st
2011–12 1 Bundesliga 5th 2 Eurocup RS
2012–13 1 Bundesliga 4th Third position
2013–14 1 Bundesliga 1st Fourth position 1 Euroleague T16
2014–15 1 Bundesliga 2nd Quarterfinalist 1 Euroleague RS
2 Eurocup EF
2015–16 1 Bundesliga 4th Runner-up 1 Euroleague RS
2 Eurocup QF
2016–17 1 Bundesliga 4th Runner-up 2 EuroCup QF
2017–18 1 Bundesliga 1st Champion 2 EuroCup SF
2018–19 1 Bundesliga 1st Quarterfinalist 1 EuroLeague 11th
2019–20 1 Bundesliga 5th Round of 16 1 EuroLeague

International record

Season Achievement Notes
EuroLeague
2013–14 Top 16 6th place in a group with CSKA Moscow, Real Madrid, Maccabi Electra, Galatasaray, Lokomotiv Kuban, Partizan and Žalgiris
2014–15 Regular season 5th place in a group with FC Barcelona, Fenerbahçe Ülker, Panathinaikos, EA7 Milano and PGE Turów
2015–16 Regular season 5th place in a group with Fenerbahçe, Khimki, Crvena zvezda Telekom, Real Madrid and Strasbourg
EuroCup
2011–12 Regular season 3rd place in a group with Spartak Saint Petersburg, Benetton Treviso and Cedevita
2014–15 Eighthfinals eliminated by Valencia Basket, 80–58 (L) in Valencia and 60–94 (L) in Munich
2015–16 Quarterfinals eliminated by Galatasaray Odeabank, 99–89 (W) in Munich and 59–72 (L) in Istanbul
2016–17 Quarterfinals eliminated 2–1 by Unicaja, 91–82 (W) in Munich, 67–82 (L) in Málaga and 69–74 (L) in Munich
2017–18 Semifinals eliminated 2–0 by Darüşşafaka, 74–76 (L) in Istanbul and 87–83 (L) in Munich
FIBA Saporta Cup
1968–69 Second round eliminated by AŠK Olimpija, 81–101 (L) in Munich and 46–94 (L) in Ljubljana

Sponsorships

Official Shirt Sponsor BayWa AG
Official Sport Clothing Manufacturer Adidas AG

eSports

Bayern Munich was featured in the NBA 2K15, 2K16 & 2K17 video games.[4][5][6]

Since 6 June 2018, Bayern has an NBA 2K eSports team called "Bayern Ballers Gaming". The team uses Pro-Am mode for its games like in the NBA 2K League. The players were selected at the "Audi Dome eCup".[7]

Roster

Bayern Ballers Gaming
No. Player Position From
1 xlBeCreative (Felix Ellspermann) C Munich
3 olWade (Sven Wedekind) SG Wendeburg
9 MGoCrzy (Marcel Stohl) PG Cologne
25 zaeppooo (Eric Cepuran) PG Aachen
28 TrashByCoachD (Dominik Tischler) SG Jena
32 JLB (Jannis Neumann) C Cologne
33 guardate (Christoph Hübler) SG Munich
51 LIZanity (Patrick Lizius) PF Oldenburg

References

  1. ^ a b Reisner, Dino (2010). Sonderheft Basketball 2010/2011 – Das Projekt (in German). Kicker. p. 107.
  2. ^ Interview of the Week – October 29: Bayern Munich basketball coach Michael Schwarz.
  3. ^ Proposed team list for 2013–14 Turkish Airlines Euroleague; Euroleague.net, 26 June 2013
  4. ^ FC Bayern Baskets erstmals in NBA 2K15 von 2K Games spielbar (in German)
  5. ^ NBA 2K16 mit komplettem Euroleague-Kader (in German)
  6. ^ "NBA 2K17 European Team List Revealed". sportando.com. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Bayern Ballers Gaming Uebersicht". fcb-basketball.de (in German). 6 August 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
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